P is for party, S is for sleepovers: an ABC guide to dating in college

University at Albany students celebrate four years of dating (among other things). Michael P. Farrell/Times Union

My heavy study habits and booze-free approach to school meant I wasn’t your average college student. Dating wasn’t exactly on the docket. I think I had a total of one date all four years. (Unless that Valentine’s Day dinner with my roommate counts?)

But, for most undergrads, the college years are a time to date — or, at least, a period to pound through, um, options like they’re the $2 drafts at happy hour. Quality matters little. It’s quantity that counts.

Not every student is a dating savant, so for you, we have the ABC’s of college dating — 26 tips (one for each letter of the alphabet) to dating success.

On the list: You’ve got “Contraception” for C; F=Flings and, near the bottom of the run, Variety and Zeros.